CN113977225A

CN113977225A - Automatic assembling equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113977225A
Application number: CN202111532781.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 洪裕锋; 覃伟; 刘清; 肖春平; 郭群夫
Original assignee: Infore Material-Tech Corp
Current assignee: Infore Material-Tech Corp
Priority date: 2021-12-15
Filing date: 2021-12-15
Publication date: 2022-01-28

Abstract

The invention discloses automatic assembling equipment, which comprises a machine body; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying workpieces; the first feeding mechanism is used for driving the first workpiece to the conveying mechanism; the second feeding mechanism is used for driving a second workpiece to the first workpiece of the conveying mechanism; the pressing mechanism is used for pressing the second workpiece on the conveying mechanism onto the first workpiece; the blanking mechanism is used for taking down the first workpiece and the second workpiece after being pressed; the first feeding mechanism, the second feeding mechanism, the pressing mechanism and the discharging mechanism are uniformly distributed on the conveying track of the conveying mechanism. The automatic assembling equipment can realize automatic feeding and pressing of two workpieces to be pressed and automatic discharging of pressed products, and has high automation degree.

Description

Automatic assembling equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of assembly of belt wheel products in powder metallurgy, in particular to automatic assembly equipment.

Background

At present, when the belt pulley is produced, the belt pulley and the belt pulley stop block are generally required to be assembled, the belt pulley stop block is mainly sleeved on the outer ring of the belt pulley and is pressed tightly, the belt pulley and the stop block of a product are assembled manually by people before the assembly, and then the assembly is carried out in a press mold. And the adoption manual operation press equipment has the safety problem risk great, and needs the special messenger to be responsible for, and production efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide automatic assembly equipment which can realize automatic feeding and pressing of two workpieces to be pressed and automatic discharging of a pressed product, and has high automation degree.

The purpose of the invention is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:

an automatic assembly device, comprising a base plate,

a body;

the conveying mechanism is used for conveying workpieces;

the first feeding mechanism is used for driving the first workpiece to the conveying mechanism;

the second feeding mechanism is used for driving a second workpiece to the first workpiece of the conveying mechanism;

the pressing mechanism is used for pressing the second workpiece on the conveying mechanism onto the first workpiece;

the blanking mechanism is used for taking down the first workpiece and the second workpiece after being pressed;

the first feeding mechanism, the second feeding mechanism, the pressing mechanism and the discharging mechanism are uniformly distributed on the conveying track of the conveying mechanism.

Further, the first feeding mechanism comprises a first bin, a first pushing assembly and a first manipulator,

a first discharge hole is formed in the bottom end of the first storage bin;

the first pushing assembly comprises a first pushing plate, a first pushing plate driving piece and a first pushing channel; the first push plate and the first push channel are respectively connected to two sides of the first discharge hole; the first push plate driving piece is used for driving the first push plate to move close to or far away from the first discharge hole; the first push plate is used for pushing a first workpiece in the first storage bin to the first pushing channel after moving close to the first discharge hole; the first manipulator is used for clamping the first workpiece on the first pushing channel and transferring the first workpiece to the conveying mechanism.

Further, the bottom of first feed bin is equipped with first centre gripping subassembly, first centre gripping subassembly includes two first grip blocks and first grip block driving piece, the both sides of first feed bin are located respectively to two first grip blocks and are located the top of first discharge gate, first grip block driving piece is used for driving two first grip blocks and is close to each other or keep away from each other.

Further, the second feeding mechanism comprises a second bin, a second pushing assembly and a second manipulator,

a second discharge hole is formed in the bottom end of the second storage bin;

the second pushing assembly comprises a second pushing plate, a second pushing plate driving piece and a second pushing channel; the second push plate and the second push channel are respectively connected to two sides of the second discharge hole; the second push plate driving piece is used for driving the second push plate to move close to or far away from the second discharge hole; the second push plate is used for pushing a second workpiece in the second storage bin to the second pushing channel after moving close to the second discharge hole; the second manipulator is used for clamping a second workpiece on the second pushing channel and transferring the second workpiece to the conveying mechanism.

Further, the bottom of second feed bin is equipped with second centre gripping subassembly, second centre gripping subassembly includes two second grip blocks and second grip block driving piece, the both sides of second feed bin are located respectively to two second grip blocks and are located the top of second discharge gate, second grip block driving piece is used for driving two second grip blocks and is close to each other or keep away from each other.

Further, the pressing mechanism comprises a pressing head and a pressing driving piece, and the pressing driving piece is used for driving the pressing head to move close to or far away from the conveying end face of the conveying mechanism in the Z-axis direction.

Furthermore, the pressing mechanism comprises a pressing frame and a workpiece detection piece, the pressing head and the workpiece detection piece are both mounted at the bottom end of the pressing frame, and the pressing driving piece is used for driving the pressing frame to move in the Z-axis direction.

Further, the automatic assembling equipment further comprises a defective product discharging manipulator, and the defective product discharging manipulator is used for receiving a detection signal of the workpiece detection piece so as to clamp a defective product on the conveying mechanism for discharging.

Further, the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying disc, a conveying jig and a conveying jig driving piece; the conveying disc comprises at least two conveying groove sections, and the at least two conveying grooves are mutually connected and jointly enclose an annular conveying track; at least two conveying jigs are slidably arranged in the conveying groove section; the conveying jig driving part is used for pushing the conveying jig to slide in the conveying groove section.

Furthermore, the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking table, a blanking table driving piece, a rotary seat and at least two blanking manipulators, wherein the at least two blanking manipulators are connected to the rotary seat, and the rotary seat is rotatably arranged on the blanking table; the blanking table is arranged on the machine body and can move along the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction and the Z-axis direction under the drive of the driving piece of the blanking table.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: a first feeding mechanism can drive a first workpiece to be placed on a conveying mechanism, then the conveying mechanism conveys the first workpiece to a second feeding mechanism, the second feeding mechanism can place a second workpiece on the first workpiece of the conveying mechanism, then the conveying mechanism continues to convey the first workpiece with the second workpiece to a pressing mechanism for pressing, and after the pressing is completed, the discharging mechanism discharges the product which is subjected to the pressing of the conveying mechanism.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the conveying mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic partial structure diagram of a first feeding mechanism and a second feeding mechanism according to the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first robot according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second robot of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a pressing mechanism according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a blanking mechanism of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a defective product feeding robot according to the present invention.

In the figure: 10. a body; 21. a first pusher assembly; 22. a first storage bin; 23. a first push channel; 24. a first manipulator; 241. a first clamping member; 242. a first clamping driving member; 25. a first clamping assembly; 31. a second pusher assembly; 32. a second storage bin; 33. a second manipulator; 331. a second clamping member; 332. a second picking drive; 34. a second clamping assembly; 40. a conveying mechanism; 41. a delivery tray; 42. a conveying trough section; 43. conveying the jig; 44. a conveying jig driving member; 50. a pressing mechanism; 51. a pressure head; 52. pressing the driving piece; 60. a blanking mechanism; 61. a feeding manipulator; 62. rotating; 63. a blanking table driving member; 64. a swivel drive member; 70. a defective manipulator; 71. clamping defective products; 72. defective product clamping and taking driving piece.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description below:

in the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

An automatic assembling apparatus as shown in fig. 1-8 comprises a machine body 10, a conveying mechanism 40, a first feeding mechanism, a second feeding mechanism, a pressing mechanism 50, and a discharging mechanism 60, wherein the conveying mechanism 40 is used for conveying workpieces. The first feeding mechanism, the second feeding mechanism, the pressing mechanism 50 and the discharging mechanism 60 are distributed on the conveying track of the conveying mechanism 40, the first feeding mechanism can drive the first workpiece to the conveying mechanism 40, and the second feeding mechanism can drive the second workpiece to the first workpiece of the conveying mechanism 40.

In addition, the pressing mechanism 50 can press the second workpiece onto the first workpiece when the first workpiece loaded with the second workpiece on the conveying mechanism 40 is conveyed to the pressing mechanism 50. After the pressing, the blanking mechanism 60 can take down the pressed first workpiece and the pressed second workpiece.

In addition to the above-described structure, when the automatic assembling apparatus of the present invention is used, the following description will be given taking the first workpiece as a pulley and the second workpiece as a pulley stopper as an example:

during assembly, the conveying mechanism 40 is started, a belt wheel is placed on the conveying end face of the conveying mechanism 40 through the first feeding mechanism, then the conveying mechanism 40 can convey the belt wheel to the second feeding mechanism, the second feeding mechanism can place a belt wheel stopper on the belt wheel, the conveying mechanism 40 continues to convey the belt wheel with the belt wheel stopper to the pressing mechanism 50, when the pressing mechanism 50 is in the position, the pressing mechanism 50 acts to press the belt wheel stop block onto the belt wheel and tightly press the belt wheel stop block, after the pressing action is completed, the assembled belt wheel and the belt wheel stop can be conveyed to the blanking mechanism 60 through the conveying mechanism 40, the blanking mechanism 60 can blank the belt wheel provided with the belt wheel stop, so, alright accomplish the pressfitting equipment of band pulley, band pulley dog and band pulley dog to the product unloading after the pressfitting, degree of automation is high, improves assembly efficiency.

It should be noted that, after the first feeding mechanism drives the previous belt wheel to be placed on the conveying mechanism 40, the conveying mechanism 40 drives the previous belt wheel to sequentially move to the second feeding mechanism, the pressing mechanism 50 and the discharging mechanism 60, and the first feeding mechanism starts to place the next belt wheel, that is, each station can be continuously operated, the assembly continuity is high, and the assembly efficiency is higher.

Further, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the first feeding mechanism includes a first bin 22, a first pushing assembly 21 and a first manipulator 24, and a first discharging hole is formed at a bottom end of the first bin 22.

The first pushing assembly 21 includes a first pushing plate, a first pushing plate driving member and a first pushing channel 23, the first pushing plate and the first pushing channel 23 are respectively connected to two sides of the first discharge port, the first pushing plate driving member can drive the first pushing plate to move close to or away from the first discharge port, the first pushing plate pushes the first workpiece in the first storage bin 22 to the first pushing channel 23 after moving close to the first discharge port, and the first manipulator 24 can clamp the first workpiece on the first pushing channel 23 and transfer the first workpiece to the conveying mechanism 40.

On the basis of the structure, when carrying out the material loading of first work piece, can stack a plurality of band pulleys in first feed bin 22, a plurality of band pulleys from top to bottom stack up at the direction of height of first feed bin 22, the band pulley that is located the below can be fallen out by first discharge gate, first push pedal driving piece can drive first push pedal and be close to first discharge gate motion, first push pedal alright move the band pulley of first discharge gate to first propelling movement passageway 23 on, then first manipulator 24 alright shift the band pulley on first propelling movement passageway 23 to conveying mechanism 40's transport terminal surface on, carry out the transport of band pulley afterwards can.

It should be noted that, after the belt wheel located at the lowermost position is pushed out through the first discharge hole, the belt wheel adjacent to the belt wheel located at the lowermost position may continuously drop to the first discharge hole, so as to prepare for the next pushing action and maintain the continuity of the belt wheel feeding.

More specifically, it may also be that a first clamping assembly 25 is disposed at the bottom end of the first bin 22, the first clamping assembly 25 includes two first clamping blocks and a first clamping block driving member, the two first clamping blocks are respectively disposed on two sides of the first bin 22, the two clamping blocks are respectively disposed on two sides above the first discharge hole, and the first clamping block driving member can drive the two first clamping blocks to approach to each other or to be away from each other.

So, when carrying out the propelling movement of band pulley, two first grip blocks can keep away from each other under the drive of first grip block driving piece, the band pulley that is located the below can drop, afterwards, two first grip blocks can be close to each other under first grip block driving piece drives, the centre gripping lies in the band pulley both sides that the band pulley of below is adjacent, when the band pulley of the first discharge gate of first push pedal propelling movement, adjacent band pulley alright by the restriction of two first grip blocks, prevent once to release two band pulleys, also can avoid causing the interference.

Of course, the first manipulator 24 may include the first clamping member 241 and the first clamping member driving member 242, and the first clamping member driving member 242 may drive the first clamping member 241 to move in the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions, that is, the first clamping member 241 may move back and forth, left and right, and up and down on the first clamping member 241, so as to complete the clamping operation. The first clamping member 241 can be realized by a clamping jaw or a pneumatic finger in the prior art, and the first clamping member driving member 242 can be realized by a single-shaft sliding table combination in the prior art.

In addition, the first robot 24 may be implemented by a multi-axis robot in the prior art.

Further, referring to fig. 3 and 5, the second feeding mechanism includes a second bin 32, a second pushing assembly 31 and a second manipulator 33, and a second discharging hole is formed at a bottom end of the second bin 32.

The second pushing assembly 31 includes a second pushing plate, a second pushing plate driving member and a second pushing channel, the second pushing plate and the second pushing channel are respectively connected to two sides of the second discharge port, the second pushing plate driving member can drive the second pushing plate to move close to or away from the second discharge port, the second pushing plate pushes the second workpiece in the second storage bin 32 to the second pushing channel after moving close to the second discharge port, and the second manipulator 33 can clamp the second workpiece on the second pushing channel and transfer the second workpiece to the conveying mechanism 40.

On the basis of the structure, when carrying out the material loading of second work piece, can stack a plurality of band pulley dog in second feed bin 32, a plurality of band pulley dog pile up from top to bottom at the direction of height of second feed bin 32, the band pulley dog that is located the below can be fallen out by the second discharge gate, second push pedal driving piece can drive the motion of second push pedal near the second discharge gate, the second push pedal alright move the band pulley dog of second discharge gate to second propelling movement passageway on, then second manipulator 33 alright shift the band pulley dog on the second propelling movement passageway to conveying mechanism 40's transport terminal surface on, carry out the transport of band pulley dog afterwards can.

It should be noted that, after the pulley block located at the lowermost position is pushed out through the second discharge hole, the pulley block adjacent to the pulley block located at the lowermost position may continue to drop to the second discharge hole, so as to prepare for the next pushing action and maintain the continuity of the feeding of the pulley block.

More specifically, it can also be that the bottom in second feed bin 32 is equipped with second centre gripping subassembly 34, and second centre gripping subassembly 34 includes two second grip blocks and second grip block driving piece, locates the both sides of second feed bin 32 respectively with two second grip blocks, and two grip blocks are located the top both sides of second discharge gate respectively, and second grip block driving piece then can drive two second grip blocks and be close to each other or keep away from each other.

So, when carrying out the propelling movement of band pulley dog, two second grip blocks can keep away from each other under the drive of second grip block driving piece, the band pulley dog that is located the below can drop, afterwards, two second grip blocks can be close to each other under the drive of second grip block driving piece, the centre gripping lies in the band pulley dog both sides that band pulley dog is adjacent of below, when the band pulley dog of second push pedal propelling movement second discharge gate, band pulley dog adjacent with it alright by the restriction of two second grip blocks, prevent once to release two band pulley dogs, also can avoid causing the interference.

Of course, the second manipulator 33 may include a second clamping member 331 and a second clamping member driving member 332, and the second clamping member 331 may be driven by the second clamping member driving member 332 to move in the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions, that is, the second clamping member 331 may move back and forth, left and right, and up and down on the second clamping member 331, thereby completing the clamping operation. The second clamping member 331 can be implemented by a clamping jaw or a pneumatic finger in the prior art, and the second clamping member driving member 332 can be implemented by a single-shaft sliding table combination in the prior art.

In addition, the second manipulator 33 may be implemented by a multi-axis robot in the prior art.

Further, the pressing mechanism 50 in this embodiment includes a pressing head 51 and a pressing driving member 52, the pressing driving member 52 can drive the pressing head 51 to move close to or away from the conveying end face of the conveying mechanism 40 in the Z-axis direction, that is, during pressing, the pressing head 51 can be driven by the pressing driving member 52 to move up and down in the Z-axis direction, when the pressing head 51 moves down, the pressing head 51 can press on the belt wheel stopper, and during the continuous pressing process, the pressing head 51 can press the belt wheel stopper on the belt wheel.

More specifically, referring to fig. 6, the pressing mechanism 50 further includes a pressing frame and a workpiece detecting element, the pressing head 51 and the workpiece detecting element are both mounted at the bottom end of the pressing frame, and the pressing driving element 52 can drive the pressing frame to move in the Z-axis direction, so that the workpiece detecting element can detect the position of the workpiece on the conveying mechanism 40 during the pressing operation, thereby facilitating the accurate pressing of the pressing head 51.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 8, the automatic assembling equipment further includes a defective product unloading manipulator 61, after the pressing of the belt pulley and the belt pulley stopper is completed, the workpiece detection part can detect the pressing state of the belt pulley and the belt pulley stopper, and when a defective product occurs in the pressing process, before the conveying mechanism 40 conveys to the unloading mechanism 60, the defective product unloading manipulator 61 receives a detection signal of the workpiece detection part to clamp the defective product on the conveying mechanism 40 for unloading, so that the assembled product conveyed to the unloading mechanism 60 is a good product, and the assembling precision is improved.

Specifically, the defective product manipulator 70 in this embodiment includes a defective product clamping member 71 and a defective product clamping member driving member 72, and the defective product clamping member 71 can be driven by the defective product clamping member driving member 72 to move in the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions, that is, the defective product clamping member 71 can move back and forth, left and right, and up and down on the defective product clamping member 71, so as to complete the clamping operation. The specific defective product clamping member 71 can be realized by a clamping jaw or a pneumatic finger in the prior art, and the defective product clamping member driving member 72 can be realized by a single-shaft sliding table combination in the prior art.

In addition, the manipulator of the defective clamping piece 71 can be realized by a multi-axis robot in the prior art.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the conveying mechanism 40 includes a conveying tray 41, a conveying fixture 43 and a conveying fixture driving member 44, and specifically, the conveying tray 41 includes at least two conveying trough sections 42, and at least two conveying troughs are connected to each other, and the at least two conveying troughs can jointly enclose an annular conveying track.

In addition, at least two conveying jigs 43 are slidably mounted in the conveying trough section 42, and the conveying jig driving member 44 can push the conveying jigs 43 to slide in the conveying trough section 42.

On the basis of the structure, when pushing the workpiece, the workpiece can be placed on the conveying jig 43 through the first feeding mechanism, and then the conveying jig 43 can move to the next station under the pushing of the conveying jig driving part 44, namely, the conveying jig driving part 44 moves each time, and the conveying jig 43 at the corresponding position can be pushed to the next station.

Specifically in this embodiment, above-mentioned conveyer trough section 42 is equipped with four, and four conveyer trough sections 42 link up in proper order to enclose into square structure, all be equipped with above-mentioned transport tool driving piece 44 in square structure's corner, carry tool 43 and can drive in the corresponding conveyer trough section 42 and carry tool 43 to carry out the propelling movement, reduce the dead condition of card and appear, realize carrying tool 43 clockwise or anticlockwise turnover in transfer dish 41, circulate through each station.

It should be noted that the conveying mechanism 40 may be implemented by a conveying structure such as a conventional middle-loop conveyor belt.

Further, referring to fig. 7, the discharging mechanism 60 includes a discharging platform, a discharging platform driving member 63, a rotary base 62, and at least two discharging manipulators 61, wherein the at least two discharging manipulators 61 are connected to the rotary base 62, the rotary base 62 is rotatably mounted on the discharging platform, the discharging platform is mounted on the machine body 10, and the discharging platform can be driven by the discharging platform driving member 63 to move along the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis direction. The unloading platform can move around, about and from top to bottom promptly, and then drives two at least unloading manipulators 61 on the unloading platform and be close to or keep away from conveying mechanism 40 and move, and the product of assembling on conveying mechanism 40 is got to unloading manipulator 61 alright clamp, and swivel mount 62 rotates at the unloading bench, alright make unloading manipulator 61 rotate to conveying mechanism 40's transport end face in proper order, carries out the unloading action in succession, and unloading efficiency is higher.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned blanking table is further provided with a rotation seat driving member 64, the rotation seat driving member 64 can drive the rotation seat 62 to rotate, and the rotation seat driving member 64 can be realized by a motor in the prior art.

Various other modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art based on the above-described technical solutions and concepts, and all such modifications and changes should fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic assembly apparatus, comprising,

a body;

the conveying mechanism is used for conveying workpieces;

2. The automated assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first feed mechanism comprises a first magazine, a first pusher assembly, and a first robot,

a first discharge hole is formed in the bottom end of the first storage bin;

3. The automatic assembly equipment of claim 2, wherein the bottom end of the first storage bin is provided with a first clamping assembly, the first clamping assembly comprises two first clamping blocks and a first clamping block driving member, the two first clamping blocks are respectively arranged at two sides of the first storage bin and are positioned above the first discharge port, and the first clamping block driving member is used for driving the two first clamping blocks to approach to or depart from each other.

4. The automated assembly apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second feed mechanism comprises a second magazine, a second pusher assembly, and a second robot,

a second discharge hole is formed in the bottom end of the second storage bin;

5. The automatic assembly equipment of claim 4, wherein the bottom end of the second storage bin is provided with a second clamping assembly, the second clamping assembly comprises two second clamping blocks and a second clamping block driving member, the two second clamping blocks are respectively arranged at two sides of the second storage bin and are positioned above the second discharge port, and the second clamping block driving member is used for driving the two second clamping blocks to approach to or depart from each other.

6. The automatic assembly device of claim 1, wherein the stitching mechanism includes a stitching drive member for moving the stitching head in a Z-axis direction toward or away from the conveying end surface of the conveying mechanism.

7. The automatic assembling device of claim 6, wherein the pressing mechanism comprises a pressing frame and a workpiece detecting element, the pressing head and the workpiece detecting element are mounted at the bottom end of the pressing frame, and the pressing driving element is used for driving the pressing frame to move in the Z-axis direction.

8. The automatic assembling equipment according to claim 7, further comprising a defective product unloading manipulator, wherein the defective product unloading manipulator is used for receiving the detection signal of the workpiece detection piece to clamp the defective product on the conveying mechanism for unloading.

9. The automatic assembly apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the conveying mechanism includes a conveying tray, a conveying jig, and a conveying jig driving member; the conveying disc comprises at least two conveying groove sections, and the at least two conveying grooves are mutually connected and jointly enclose an annular conveying track; at least two conveying jigs are slidably arranged in the conveying groove section; the conveying jig driving part is used for pushing the conveying jig to slide in the conveying groove section.

10. The automatic assembly apparatus of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking table, a blanking table drive, a swivel mount, at least two blanking robots each connected to the swivel mount, the swivel mount rotatably mounted on the blanking table; the blanking table is arranged on the machine body and can move along the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction and the Z-axis direction under the drive of the driving piece of the blanking table.